Chat transcript Feb. 15

Yates: Woddy in your opinion does Clemens and Bonds get into the hall of fame?

Monte Albert: With Zach Thomas being released, do you think the Broncos should go after him?

woody paige: Yates: Hi. I feel rather certain that they'll both get in. I think it will take a while, not on the first ballot. There is the other argument, though, that despite his records and achievements, Pete Rose was not voted in because he violated the rules of baseball. The difference is, I suppose, Clemens and Bonds, if they did take steroids, did it when there were no rules against it in baseball. It was illegal in the country. It's one of those debates that people will have long after I'm dead. Would Bonds and Clemens had gotten in if there had been no unnatural help? Yes.

woody paige: I'm still undecided, by the way, if I will vote for them. I will await, and have that chance, for five years, further developments. I think we'll all know by then what did happen.

Mical: Hey Woody, What are the odds that we are able to trade J-Walk for a decent draft pick / player?

woody paige: Monte: I would, but I think the Broncos, given how they have been burned by free agents, will be reluctant to. Even though I support the idea, I do believe it's critical that they sign free agents whose careers are on the way up, rather than those who had a year or two left. It hasn't worked out for them.

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If you are the Patriots and very close, you can sign Seau, but it doesn't work out in most cases.

John: Zach Thomas is getting released, should we get him?

Mical: Re: Spygate, is it conventional wisodm that NE was doing something that every team already does sans a dedicated camera on the signals? Or were they really up to some shady business?

woody paige: I've been thinking about this Walker thing, and I would like to see the Broncos put together a deal for Chad Johnson. How about Travis Henry, Javon Walker and a No. 1 draft choice? No way it ever happens, but the Broncos did get Dre Bly last year. What will they give for Walker? A provisional draft choice, a fourth or fifth, maybe a third, at best. People wonder if he's still damaged goods

Bob: If Glenn Dorsey falls past like 5-6th pick somehow, do you see the Broncos trading up to try and grab him?

Matt D: It's hard to tell through the media, but what are the real feelings between Al Wilson and the Broncos? It seems kind of questionable to attempt to trade a player who ends up failing a physical and taking a year off of football. Al says he loves Denver, but do you think Shanahan's decision to try to trade him before eventually releasing him left a bad taste in his mouth? Whoever he ends up playing for, do you anticipate Wilson regaining his form?

woody paige: Mical: Mike shanahan hired a lip-reader. Irv Brown's son, who coaches at CU, was considered the best sign stealer in the NFL. Teams are allowed four cameras to tape games for their own use, but they're not supposed to focus on the other team's sideline. Of course they do. Teams cheat. But what happened in this case is that the NFL reiterated the rule before the season, that you couldn't have a camera on the sideline focusing on the other team's coaches, and the Patriots directly violated the order. They got caught. They got what they deserved. If I or you get caught speeding, we get what we deserve. And they lost the Super Bowl. End of story, as far as I'm concerned. There shouldn't be congressional hearings. The football competition committee should decide you can tape everything you want, or nothing at all.

sandy: projections for cu football next year and the year after?

Mical: So you don't think that Chad would be a time bomb once he's told that his routes are sloppy and that he has to block for Selvin? I like your trade package though.

Mike: Woody -- we need to keep Walker, period. He made big plays in '06 for us and would give us a top WR group if healthy. He was upset at the end of the year, let them calm him down and keep him around

Grant: What are your thoughts on signing Zach Thomas and moving DJ back the OLB?

Mike: Woody --- part 2, we need to get the best front 7 and/or safety all the way through the draft. Shanny needs to get the best value, but sitting tight at 12 should be interesting, there's always good value that falls out of the top 10 because of last minute publicity

woody paige: Walker has told friends he wants out. He dogged it at the end of the season. He has to be the No. 1 receiver. And it reminds me of Eddie Kennison. And he's expensive under the cap. And he's had knee troubles most of his career

John: Any idea if the Nuggets will really do a deal, if so what kind of help do you think they should go for

woody paige: Mike: I don't think there was a question in there. I will accept your statement

woody paige: Does the name Riggs mean anything to anybody

Joe (Boulder): Darrell Scott is going to win the Heisman. It's not a question but i just thought everyone should know it now.

woody paige: Or Briggs

woody paige: Or Lance

Mike: I hear ya Woody, but doesn't the cap hit dictate all of this anyways? My understanding that even if we trade him, the Broncos take a huge hit? It wouldn't be the first time a player was calmed down...

woody paige: OK, Scott wins the Heisman. You can say you told us so. Every top running back coming out of high school is considered a Heisman hopeful. Quarterbacks tend to win more often, I think

Joe (Boulder): At least tell me that the Buffs are back on the road to respectability again.

John: What do you think about the Broncos making a deal for Julius Peppers

James (Phoenix, AZ.): Are the Broncos thinking Ryan Torrain of Arizona State with a forth or fifth round pick since they have two in each of those rounds.

Paul: why are the broncs ignoring the opportunity to bring Al Wilson back

James (Phoenix AZ.): Any update to reuniting the Bailey's in Denver this season?

Toby: What was it that made Joe Collier put the clipboard in his britches? Can't we find another defensive coordinator who has that kind of fortitude?

woody paige: Stokley was hurt at the end of the season. You definitely need another wide receiver. Walker was hurt this year, and they were scrambling for somebody. You obviously don't remember when the Broncos had three and four and five wide receivers who could play. Of course, they need defense, but this is a team that used to score 35 points a game. Now it can barely score 20, and you think there's nothing wrong with the offense? The defensive backfield will be fine if Lynch comes back. They need a middle linebacker, and they need one more big-time defensive lineman. That's three out of 11 positions. They need a running back, a wide receiver, a left tackle. That's three. Same nuimber need on both sides, at least

Doc (Kansas City): ESPN Reported that Kris Jenkins might be on his way out of Carolina. What do you think a big D-Tackle like that can do for our run deffense? Do you think we can get him for a 2nd or 3rd round draft pick?

woody paige: Al Wilson is going to Detroit, if he passed the physical. No talk whatsoever so far of bring the Baileys together, although it makes sense.

mike bland: Hello woody did you hear Zach THOMAS from Miami may be cut?? the broncos need to move and move fast your thoughts??

Matt D: Doesn't Al have other options than Detroit? Why on earth would he want to do a thing like that? Is that his only real option?

woody paige: Doc: I would trade a 3 for him. In a minute. But. again, there have been no indications from Shanahan and Bowlen what their intentions are. Shanahan and Bowlen both took January off, I'm sure they spent time together in Hawaii, and we'll know more in a week or so.

Paul: I miss Mecklenburg, jones, jackson, fletcher smith and the boyz

Jim: Are you ever going to write a book about your experiences in the old ABA

lorenzo: what do u think the broncos need to do to make the playoffs

James (Phoenix, AZ.): How did Rod Smith's surgery go. I don't expect him to put on the pads ever again, but I never heard how his surgery went.

Matt D: Yes, yes. Detroit was better than Denver. I remember the game. Not exactly my point, but point taken anyway.

woody paige: Loose Balls, if you ever want to read it.

Joe (Boulder): Any Nugs news? Artest? Kleiza?

lorenzo: do u think the broncos should go after shaun rogers

woody paige: No more punishment for Belichick. He has to live with himself every day. That would be punishment enough. Let's move on. As I said, either let every team tape everything they want to, which is what i suggest (and coaches would have to hide their signals better, send in messenger players, or put a speaker in a defensive player's helmet) or try to stop it by every body. Belichick was stretching the rules, and claiming ignorance, and every other team does their own form of cheating. The Bengals in their old stadium opened the big doors beyond the end zone to the river when the other team had the ball and was driving that way. The Raiders watered their field if they were playing a fast team. The Broncos did their own stuff. Remember that Belichick was director of film at one time for the Broncos

Derek: Hey woody. When you gonna win around the horn again. You've hit a cold streak

Paul: he was? oh the agony of knowing that now I will doubt my teams past. Thx alot

Doc: What are your thoughts on Brady Quinn and the whole New Years Eve incident? If all of this comes to be true (everything that he was suposedly saying) what do you think will happen to his career?

woody paige: Rod Smith is finished. He would make a great coach, but doesn't want any part of that. Speaking of finished, I am. Thanks for the great questions today. I'll be back next week, and you can email me any time. Drow

mike: tj gleave leave me out of this, it was question for woody not you

TJ Gleave: When will you people learn?!! Zack Thomas is 35 years old!! I can't believe you would even consider him!! You know nothing about football! What did you learn from Sam Adams, Simeon Rice! Think people!!